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Otohoplites guersanti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites guersanti was named by d'Orbigny (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Otohoplites guersanti by Nagy (1970) and Kennedy et al. (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. maxinae, O. normanniae, O. subhilli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites guersanti d'Orbigny
1970Otohoplites guersanti Nagy p. 44 figs. Pl 4, fig 1; text-fig 10b
1981Otohoplites guersanti Kennedy et al. p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilySonneratiinaeDestombes 1973
genusOtohoplitesSteinmann 1925
speciesguersanti(d'Orbigny 1841)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Otohoplites guersanti d'Orbigny 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available